What's the "best" Picture Style?

[Jayson]

I use faithful. The reason I use that is for some reason I remember a Chuck Westfal tip saying that Faithful renders everything they way it appears, but I may be wrong and Daniel may have it right. I would trust him on this one, but that is what stuck in my head.

[neuroanatomist]

Here's what Canon has to say about Neutral and Faithful:


Neutral is one of the most important Picture Styles for the serious photographer. Contrast is reduced, color saturation is lower, and in-camera sharpening is virtually eliminated. Images are perfect for further image-editing later at your computer. Equally important, the Neutral setting matches the default "look" of images from previous Canon EOS cameras without Picture Styles. Again, it's easy to increase the level of sharpening, contrast, color saturation, or shift the color tone using the camera's menu.


"Faithful" is another Picture Style for reproducing the colors of the subject exactly as they are. The "Faithful" Picture Style is set to record colors that are colorimetrically the same as the actual colors of the subject under 5200K lighting conditions.Like the "Neutral" Picture Style, it emphasizes further image editing in your computer. Color saturation and contrast are deliberately toned-down. However, rather than trying to provide a distinctly neutral color appearance, images in the Faithful setting will have a warmer "look" that may provide a better starting point with various subjects, including still life images.